#nauticalhistory

[malioli]

Traces of Time and a Lasting Mooring... 🕰️⚓️

Sometimes the simplest details, like this old, rusty boat mooring embedded in the stone, make me think. That coarse texture of iron battling sea salt and sun, and the stone patiently enduring it all...

They say everything passes, but traces remain. Memories, just like this rust, etch themselves into us, change us, make us who we are – washed out, spent, but still present, still ready for a new mooring.

I enjoy these moments, with figs and a drop of rum, and let my mind wander. Taking it easy... ✨🌊

[illuminatingfacts]

10 Fun Facts About Nautical History - Illuminating Facts

Dive into the fascinating world of nautical history! ⚓️🌊 Discover 10 fun facts about ships, sailors, and sea legends that will surprise and inspire you. 🛳️✨ https://illuminatingfacts.com/10-fun-facts-about-nautical-history/

[pardoncaptainkidd]

A drafted letter from William Kidd, in which he attempts to dispute his guilt of piracy in the Indian Ocean.

- Analysis of the drafted letter by @Oj_finn on Twitter:

' His language is emotive and he apportions blame widely, making it a powerful document. A précis with some choice quotes, below He claims to have 'taken no ships but as had french passes', i.e. he had the legal cover of a privateer. Yet was "set up" by Richard Coote, governor of New York and Massachusetts, who 'thought it his interest to make me a pirate, whereby he could claim a share of my cargo'. 

How did Coote set him up? Kidd claims that the governor 'stript me of my french passes [suppressing exculpatory evidence], frightened & wheedled some of my men to misrepresent me and by his letters to his friends here (London) advised them to admit me a pyrate'. He then tries to turn the case against his merchant backers: 'If ye design I was set upon be illegal … my owners, who knew ye laws, ought to suffer for it, and not I, whom they made ye tool of their covetousness'. Merchants were rarely punished harshly for funding piracy. Kidd's demise is apparently meant to save political careers: 'some Great men would have me dye for salving their Honour and others to pacify ye Mogull (Shah Aurangzeb) for injurys done by other men'. In other words, he is to be strung up to placate the East India Company. And finally: 'Let me have my passes, I will plead [to the indictment] presently, but without them I will not plead. I am not afraid to dye but I will not be my own murderer'. Emotive stuff. To me this is an important document. Most literature on Kidd and indeed most historical work on piracy, is forced to weigh what Kidd presented here: is it more important to focus on pirates and acts of piracy or on the context that enabled them? Crime or the causes of crime? '

[chusaengsri]

An old, rusty ship docked in the harbor, showcasing its weathered exterior and historical significance.

[coastapus-blog]

What were the rum-running days like in Mill Bay?

The sensational tale of one of Cowichan’s biggest alleged bootleggers.

[rexstewartoriginals]

The year 1986. The vessel...S.S. NAUSHON.

I am always at awe with the degree of research and detail I place in each work assignment. New England steamship NAUSHON is no exception...https://www.facebook.com/rex.stewart3/posts/10212770280752520.

[smallstudiodesign]

Nautical ad nausea: one of Vancouver's most beloved symbols of opulence on the high seas, Canadian Pacific Steamships Co.'s "Queen of The Pacific", Ocean Liner RMS Empress of Japan. Some fun facts/stats: * regularly traversed the trans-Pacific route between Vancouver & The Far East 1891-1922; * through her nautical career, she traversed 4 million km (2.5 m. miles) w/ 315 Pacific crossings; * her 2 running mates – RMS Empress of China & Empress of India became the flexible backbone of CPR's trans-Pacific fleet, dominating for 50+yrs; * First of 2 CP vessels Christened "Empress of Japan", w/#2, her successor in service 1930–1966 (destroyed in horrific fire in New York City); * In 1891, The CPR won the British government on contract for subsidized mail service between Britain & Hong Kong known as "The RED Route" (fastest time via TransAtlantic ~>TransCanada Rail ~> TransPacific via Vancouver -all pre-Panama Canal) ... The existence of this Empress & her sisters are the lynch pins of Vancouver's existence. ** Photo/image depicts RMS Empress of Japan (main/bottom) framed pen/ink original drawing by legendary enigmatic Vancouver Street Artist Don Badcock; (top left) leaving Port of Vancouver through First Narrows/Lion's Gate (pre-bridge) as viewed from Prospect Point Bluffs; (top right) The Empress's distinctive dragon figurehead* on Seawall in Stanley Park today. * facts re: figurehead, as follows:• * 1927, restored & mounted for public display, rescued after almost being discarded during salvage thanks to generosity/vision of Vancouver Daily Province newspaper; * 1960, original replaced with fiberglass replica we see today, original restored & in permanent collection of Vancouver Maritime Museum, Vanier Park. * worth noting many portions of the ship's lavish interior architectural fittings (also scavenged) adorn many local mansions in Vancouver's wealthiest neighborhoods of Shaughnessy, Southlands & Point Grey, etc. ~>adding to these homes already staggering property values. #heritagevancouver #retrostyle #vancouverartists #handdrawn #nauticalhistory #localcolour #penandink #vintagestyle #framedart #nauticalstyle #artinvancouver #maritimemuseum (at Lumberman's Arch)

[smallstudiodesign]

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Golden momentous of a golden Era of Nautical history. I'm all Nautical ad nausea / triumphs and tragedies on the high seas. Featuring framed pen/ink original drawings by legendary enigmatic Vancouver Street Artist Don Badcock drawn 2006 & 2010 respectively [top: Empress of Japan, 1895, Canadian Pacific Steamship Lines & bottom: Titanic, 1912, White Star Line] #gold #heritagevancouver #retrostyle #vancouverartists #vancouverart #nauticalhistory #localcolour #penandink #vintagestyle #framedart #nauticalstyle (at Smallstudio Design)